Information for Professionals

South West Child Protection Procedures & Local Guidance/Protocols

Swindon Local Children Board (LSCB) has worked with all other LSCBs within the South West to develop the shared Child Protection Procedures. Please visit the South West Safeguarding and Child Protection Group (SWCPP) website at http://www.swcpp.org.uk to view these procedures.

South West Child Protection Procedures Reminder and Update May 2011

Please see below for the additional local and national guidance and protocols:

Swindon Local Protocols/Guidance

• Children and Young People's Environmental Safety Guidelines
• Children who experience domestic violence. (Updated July 2007)
• Child Protection Procedure for Disabled Children ( Nov 2011)
• Child Protection Whistle Blowing Guidance for Employees (2008)
• Forced Marriage Policy and Procedure (May 2010)
• Disabled Children and Young People Intimate Care Guidance
• Model Child Protection Policy for Community Organisations (2009)
• Neglect Practice Guidance (2009)
• No Access Guidance - Overarching Guidance for All Agencies (2009)
• Pan Wiltshire Protocol: Children Missing from Home and Care.(Feb 2012)
• Protocol for the Joint Assessment and Support for Young Carers and Their Families
• See the Adult, See the Child (2009) Signed
• Sexual Exploitation  - Safeguarding Children & Young People from Sexual Exploitation (May 2010)
• Trafficking - Safeguarding Children & Young People who are at Risk of being or have been Trafficked (May 2010)

National Protocols and Guidance

• Working Together 2010 (2.51 mb)
• Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who Work with Children and Young People (November 2007, Updated January 2009)